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Villains' Paradise: A History of Britain's Underworld

Thomas has excelled himself. An important and riveting study in social history, it also has a very pertinent relevance in the crime-riddled society that is Britain today.-The Sunday Times (London) A magnificent book. Beautifully written, utterly compelling: almost without fault in every respect.-The Literary Review Venturing into the urban underbelly of postwar Britain, and especially of London, this riveting true-crime chronicle explores the shadowy ganglands where for twenty-five years armed robbery, prostitution, vice, and drugs flourished under racketeer kings.

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After WWII, demobilization and an austerity economy left Britain a society absolutely ripe for exploitation by crime, a situation that spawned internationally-connected drug running, street gangs (now ...Read full review

About the author (2006)

Donald Thomas is the prolific author of dozens of books, including poetry, fiction, biography, and true-crime. His widely praised The Victorian Underworld was short-listed for the Golden Dagger Award and followed by An Underworld at War (2003). Thomas is also the author of seven biographies, including the international bestseller Cochrane: Britain's Sea-Wolf. He lives in Bath.